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Details for anatomical structure: locus caeruleus

EndoNet ID: ENC00559

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Synonyms

locus caeruleus, locus coeruleus, locus ceruleus, nucleus of locus caeruleus, Locus caeruleus

General information

A shallow depression, of a blue color in the fresh brain, lying laterally in the most rostral portion of the rhomboidal fossa near the cerebral aqueduct

Links to other resources

Cytomer cy0047469

Larger structures

  • brain
  • circulatory_system__hematopoietic_system
  • central_nerve_system_element

Substructures

  • glial_cell_of_central_nervous_system
  • astrocyte
  • microglial_cell_in_central_nervous_system
  • oligodendrocyte
  • bergmann_glia

Secreted hormones

  • Hormone: norepinephrine

Receptors

    Reference